Chapter 47 – Page 35

Hey, folks. I want to make sure y’all remember that we’re headed to AWESOMECON this weekend! We’ll be in Pride Alley (The “B” doesn’t stand for bacon!), and we couldn’t be more delighted for the honor. And AwesomeCon itself is literally one of the best shows we’ve ever done. Do yourself a favor and come out for it! Come find us today!

More signs (not shown by the corrupt Main Stream Media!) :
FrN’j, SyrN’j, E-Merl, Best, Weo, Claire, Hollister – OH THANK HEAVEN FOR SEVEN ELVEN!
TARO is the ROOT of our problems!
BRING BACK THE DOUBLEMINT TWINS – SUPPORT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHEWS
HEY HEY, HO HO, ARCHAIC ARDAIC HAS GOT TO GO
MAKE GASTONIA GREAT AGAI- well, for the first time really
I WANTEE GNOME MORE IWATANI
WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO GET A KEVLAR CODPIECE
SUPPORT FREEDOM OF RELIGION; FREE A CULTIST’S SOUL FROM HIS BODY
LOVE TRUMPS HATE. GET YOUR LOVE SWORDS/ARROWS/SPEARS AT JOE’S ARMORY.

Interesting that the human commoners of Gastonia are apparently mad that the gnomes were pushed out. Maybe the corrupt nobility underestimated how racist their common people actually were?

I think that’s a really optimistic view of the society, given what we’ve been shown of the common people of gastonia in the comic so far, but I guess it fits well enough with where the story is apparently going.

I think you meant overestimated. But yeah, don’t remember the general Gastonian populace ever caring much for non-humans. A colonial attitude seemed prevalent and I was under the impression that the ruling families’ propaganda machine had the populace firmly in hand.

I mean, the Gastonians did seem pretty racist, but the gnomes were their long-term allies. I think despite thinking of gnomes as “others”, they still thought the gnomes were pretty cool “others”. There never seemed to be any hatred there. Think of the Almost Politically Correct Redneck meme; that’s most likely what the general attitude was.

They didn’t have to respect Reynolds as an equal in order to be enraged at what’s happened to him and the gnomes.

Never mind the fact that they’re in the middle of an ongoing war that had started to affect the lives of the people in the city (remember all the unaccepted quests from before the Adventurer’s Guild?) and have now lost all three of their allied races. Even the ones that don’t at all like those other races are going to feel like their leaders fucked up hard. Gastonia is about to lose the war simply by virtue of pissing everyone off before ever coming close to winning it.

Perhaps the common people realize how much the gnomes contribute to the general ease of living with their technological superiority. With them gone, a lot of the comforts may start to break down. Not to mention a lot of work that they did will now fall on the human’s shoulders.

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